interoperability

CHICAGO-At Online 2000, 724 Solutions Inc. announced an agreement with Brodia, a personal commerce and payment infrastructure company, to enable interoperability between 724’s Financial Services Platform and Brodia’s mobile wallet …

MONTREAL-The International Telecommunication Union established guidelines for streamlining its procedures, which will “reduce time-to-market delivery of standards needed to meet the fast-changing needs of the industry and of the market,” …

With the home rapidly becoming an extension of the workplace, consumers increasingly are turning to wireless home networking equipment as a way to keep connected. According to an IDC report, …

Position clarified Dear Editor: In the article, “EDGE: The People’s Choice,” (Sept. 25, page 55 by Sheila Mickool, president of the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium) I am quoted as saying …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sanyo Fisher Co., a division of Sanyo North America Corp., reported plans for an alliance to accelerate commercialization of mobile Internet services over Lucent …

NEW YORK-As wireless and wireline carriers and Internet content providers seek to drive revenues through value-added services, the concept of presence has taken on new importance. Presence is shorthand for …

CHICAGO-Video content may be the new show to watch on the wireless Internet. Content is the name of the game in the wireless Internet evolution going forward. And while it …

CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event. Mexico’s largest wireless carrier, Telcel, …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. reported that its NewNet OTSserver TDMA application and NewNet SMserver application were approved through the Nortel Network Wireless Interoperability Testing program, gaining the Nortel Networks Compatible Product …

HELSINKI-Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. have established the Location Interoperability Forum, dedicated to developing global interoperability between mobile positioning systems, the companies announced. The LIF will define, develop …

Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium …

PARIS-Nokia Corp. opened a third-generation interoperability testing laboratory in Paris, concentrating on network integration and interoperability testing between Nokia’s network elements and other vendors’ networks. The laboratory will have worldwide …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and LG Information and Communication Ltd. announced a collaboration to accelerate next-generation wireless services based on CDMA wireless technology supported by Lucent’s network infrastructure and …

NEW YORK-AnywhereYouGo.com, which recently opened a wireless applications testing laboratory in Dallas, its home base, has literally taken on the world in its short corporate life. The company, whose mission …

DENVER, United States-Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from any device-a computer, pager …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Gaining more than 10 million Japanese subscribers within 18 months of launch, NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode wireless Internet service is a genuine industry phenomenon. But despite the Japanese company’s determination …

BOISE, Idaho-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group placed Version 1.1 of Extended Systems Inc.’s XTNDAccess Blue SDK on its Bluetooth Qualified Product List, ensuring its compliance with Bluetooth interoperability standards. The …

In an effort to make up for a history of poor communication with application developers, Motorola Inc. held its first Application Developer Conference last week in San Diego. Dubbed the …

iMedeon Wireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon’s iM: Work, includes an administration tool …

Austria Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria launched wireless packet data service using a GPRS core network infrastructure solution provided by Nortel Networks through its local distributor, Austria Telecommunication GmbH. Nortel …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Interoperability, difficult text entry and market awareness are today’s barriers inhibiting growth in the wireless instant messaging market, according to a report from industry analyst firm IDC. “Carriers still …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week delayed the auction of commercial licenses in the 700 MHz band, while proceeding with plans to auction licenses for guard-band managers and proposing service …

WASHINGTON-Several instant messaging companies, telecom carriers and Internet service and content providers have formed an organization dedicated to achieving true instant messaging interoperability among competing platforms. The IMUnified coalition said …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and MasterCard International said they will commit resources in a joint effort to speed mobile commerce deployments. The companies will collaborate on research and development projects to …